Wolfgang, You were absolutely right!

I modified my kernel as per the patchset and my RAM disk is now loading correctly from FLASH.

I think I'm slowly becoming an 'expert' with a very small 'e' at the front!

Many Thanks,

Luke

From: Wolfgang Denk wd@denx.de In message BAY10-F62xERMsrZndN0000238b@hotmail.com you wrote:

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I know that this is probably in the 'infra-red' region of the 'visible' U-boot spectrum but I managed to get my root file system runnning from a

RAM

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disk held in RAM but the same RAM disk placed in FLASH failed.

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Sounds like a known problem to me.

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ANY IDEAS? Is there something different between a RAM disk stored in RAM

and a

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RAM disk stored in FLASH. Or am I missing a boot argument?

You might have a look at the ARM linux tree on our CVS server. Patchset 2297 might be especially interesting for you.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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